Clare Foran, Phil Mattingly, CNN Washington (CNN) – La 116ª generación del Congreso rompió las barreras antes de que sus miembros pusieran un pie en Washington. Hay un número récord de mujeres que prestaron juramento el jueves. Mujeres musulmanas llegarán al Congreso por primera vez, al igual que las nativas americanas. El estado de Texas envió al Congreso […]readmore
VOA News/Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL — At the start of a new U.S. Congress, Republicans expand their Senate majority to 53 members, while Democrats number 47, including two independents who caucus with them. The 2018 midterm elections featured 33 Senate contests for six-year terms in the 100-member chamber. Up for grabs were 23 seats held by […]readmore
VOA NEWS/Ken Bredemeier, Michael Bowman U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that not all of the barrier he wants to build along the Mexican border would be a concrete wall he has long called for. «An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media,» Trump contended in a Twitter remark. […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — An accused Russian spy held by the United States on charges of infiltrating Republican Party circles to provide information to Moscow has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty, court records showed Monday. Maria Butina, who was arrested in July and detained since then, is set to appear in a […]readmore
ARLINGTON, VA — Editorial cartoons — also known as political cartoons — have been around as long as there’s been political discourse and dissent. In the U.S., they’re a vibrant part of American culture and history, and no matter how controversial, are protected as free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In fact, […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump sought Monday to diminish allegations he directed his lawyer to criminally violate campaign finance laws by making $280,000 in payments to two women to remain silent before the 2016 election about alleged affairs with him.Trump said on Twitter the payments made by his former attorney, Michael Cohen, […]readmore
VOA News/Associated Press WASHINGTON — Top House Democrats have raised the prospect of impeachment or the real possibility of prison time for President Donald Trump if it’s proved that he directed illegal hush money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other scandals. “There’s a very real […]readmore
Governor Phil Murphy to Serve as Chair-Elect for 2020 NEW ORLEANS – America’s Democratic Governors voted today to elect Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to serve as the new Chair of the Democratic Governors Association for 2019. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will serve as Vice Chair and Chair-Elect for 2020. The vote came at […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In accordance with a Presidential Proclamation, Governor Gina M. Raimondo has ordered that the U.S. and Rhode Island flags at all state facilities be flown at half-staff for 30 days in honor of former President George H.W. Bush. «George Herbert Walker Bush spent his life in service to the American people, and his passing […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — The world’s two largest economies, the U.S. and China, have agreed to a small truce in their escalating trade war after a meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping following the G-20 summit. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One after the plane departed Argentina, said […]readmore